GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer

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GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, February 18, the 48th day of 2015 with 316 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:37 and sunset is @ 5:18. The New Moon is exact @ 6:48 PM. The morning stars are stars are Jupiter, Mercury, & Saturn. The evening stars are Mars, Neptune, Uranus & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1678 – John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” was published.
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Henry Hansen, An American Hero From Somerville

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By Skip Murray

On the morning of February 23, 1945, American soldiers took the summit of Mt. Suribachi, in The Battle of Iwo Jima. Once the summit was taken, an American flag was raised. The result of that moment is this famous picture, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, taken by Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal, which may well be the most well known American picture from WWII.

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